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Iran’s FIFA World Cup 2026 team will travel to Mexico as the US visa dispute rages.
Canada and Mexico.
Iranian media said that the Iran squad left Turkey, where they had been practicing, on Saturday in order to travel to Mexico.
They will be stationed in Tijuana, a border city in northwest Mexico, for the duration of the competition, and are anticipated to arrive early on Sunday.
Iran’s three group matches are scheduled to take place on US soil, making it the first World Cup in which a host country receives a squad from a rival nation.
In late May, Iran moved their facility from Tucson, Arizona to Tijuana.
During their nearly three-week stay at a training camp in Antalya, the squad applied for permits to visit Mexico, Canada, and the United States while they were in Turkey.
Tom Barrack, Washington’s envoy to Turkey, stated on X late Friday that the players acquired their US visas on the eve of their trip to Mexico.
However, Iran’s embassy in Turkey responded angrily, claiming that 15 administrative and managerial personnel were affected by the denial of visas for support workers, according to an Iranian diplomat and state television.
The embassy wrote on X on Saturday, “You have now escalated the deliberate and discriminatory treatment against Iran’s national football team to its highest level,” urging FIFA, the body that oversees world football, “to hold the US accountable for violations of its rules.”
Iran’s ambassador to Mexico stated on Saturday that the team had been informed that, in accordance with the terms of their visa,
on Sunday, private enterprises’ flour has doubled in price despite the government setting the price of wheat and the crushing season.
A five-kilogram bag of flour is being sold for Rs. 900 to Rs. 1000, while private enterprises have set the price of flour per kilogram at Rs. 180 to Rs. 200.
Flour from various private enterprises is offered for between Rs. 7200 and Rs. 8000 per 40 kg.
In the open market in Lahore, wheat can fetch up to Rs 4000 every 40 kg.
Flour is being sold by private businesses for twice as much as wheat.
Effective measures to stop excessive profiteering in flour sales were required by the public.
Elections for 24 seats in the regional legislature started on Sunday in Gilgit-Baltistan, and voting is scheduled to run continuously until 5 p.m.
With the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerging as the main contenders in a campaign characterized by high-profile visits and conflicting pledges for the region’s future, a hotly contested election is anticipated in Gilgit-Baltistan.
There are 958,480 registered voters who can use their right to vote, and 403 candidates are running for office. According to official statistics, there are more than 455,000 female voters and 503,772 male voters.
To guarantee the elections be conducted peacefully, extensive security measures have been implemented.
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Meena Khan, the KP Minister, was offloaded at the airport in Peshawar before departing for Germany.
Meena Khan Afridi, the provincial minister of higher education for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was discharged at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar on her way to Germany.
Meena Khan Afridi was visiting the Higher Education Department at the University of Tubingen in Germany.
Meena Khan was prevented from traveling overseas by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) agents.
Meena Khan said that he was prohibited from traveling despite explicit directives from the Peshawar High Court.
Flour prices were increased by private mills.
Elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly are ongoing.
Meena Khan, the KP Minister, was offloaded at the airport in Peshawar before departing for Germany.
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